Accounting and record device



e. w. MOELLER.

ACCOUNTING AND RECORD DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV- I4, I9I8.

Patented Sept. 7, 1920.

GUSTAVE VJ. MOELLER, OF HARRIS, IOYVA.

ACCOUNTING ANI) RECORD DEVICE.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. '7, 1920.

Application led November 14, 1918. Serial No. 262,501.

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The object of J'his invention is to provide au improved laccounting andrecord device par(F `ularly adapted for use in connection with publicsales involving a considerable number ot' articles and pincnasers.

VAIfurther obj-cetV ot this invention is to provide a ilcxiblc, elasticand convenient Serin keeping record ot articles sold, purchasers, pricesand terms involved in a public sale.

ii further object oit this invention is to i an improved open enf'lcdenvelop a printed tori-n adapted to rncnicraiida relative to individualsales series, said envelop containing a irinizhling nieinher and sheetadapted to e a dupli latc o'-n ti d memoranda; said ion also contain arelatively heavy it backing sheet, means being provided Jtor receivingand holding a collocation ci such envelope and their contents; trieinsert contents of said envelops being ot length and spaced. from theopen'end of the envelope by ivhich the collocation is held, therebypermitting a ilexing of the envelops 'tor inspection, on `i es betweenthe contents and the holding device.

ha on l/iy invention consists in the construction, arranicment idcombination ot elements hereinafter set itoifth, poiidcd out in my `iiiuand ed by the accompanying avving, in l"igure l a 'face vieivillustrating the complete device, With illustrative memoranda entered onthe uppermost envelop. 2 is side elevatori ci the sinne, dotted linesindicating possible flexed positions oi? some oi" the envelope. Fig. 3is a longitudinal section through one oi' the envelops and its contents.j a tace viev.7 of the npper portion oi an envelop, partly in section toillustrate its contents.

ln the construction ot the device as shown a plurality o3? identicalenvelops 10 are employed, which preferably are vformed of a toughquality ot paper and are open at one end. The tace of each envelop isprinted with a suitable form and contains a heading With spaces forsetting forth the identity or location and date and terms ot the sale tobe recorded, and beneath that columns and lines Afor entries andmemoranda relating to rticle7 sold, Purchas'er7 and Price lVithin eachenvelop, and in the orderd named from front to back thereof` are placeda carbon sheet'll, sheet l2 to receive duplicate of the memoranda.Aentered on 'face ot envelop, and a rclativelyheavy or stiff backingsheet 13 to stillness to they Whole and furnish a support for'p'encilingthe memoranda. A portable shelf or board ll is provided and preferablyis of some- What greater dimensions than the cnvelops l() and isprovided near one end with a spring clip l5 of any suitable `term,adapted to receive and hold a collocation et loose sheets or members tothe board.

ln use any desired number ot the envelops l() are placed on the Vtace oithe board lll and held in place by the spring clip lo, each of saidenvclopsl preferably haring been supplied with the memoranda indicatingthe particular sale tor which they are to be used. Then as the saleprogresses the clerk maires the entries the columns ot the envelops,starting With the outermost one of the collocation, thus keeping arecord in duplicate of the articles sold, the purchasers and prices. Thespring clip l5 is designed to engage the open end portion of theenvole-ps and not entend beyond nor engage in any manner the inclosuressuch as carbon she-et ll, second sheet l2 and bucle ing sheet i3, thusengaging only two thicknesses ot cach record device, namely the Vtroutand hack sheets ot the envelop thereo't. lhusa greater capacity of thespring clip is secured, and also a llcxibility ol the record devices..its the contents ot the cnvelops are not engaged by the spring` clip.yand particularly the stiil backing sheet ll, cach envelop may be flexedaway from the others and from the board ll, as indicated by dotted linesin Fig. 2, flexing on transverse lines between the spring clip and theupper ends of the contents or the envelops, such as the dott-edline.0c-.r in Fie. Ll. This permits inspection or" the record or anysubjacent envelop, and addition to or correction of such record, Withoutremoving the overlying envelope.

As each article disposed ot is paid for, or satisfactory arrangement torpayment made.l

a check mark may be entered by the clerk opposite the entry relatingthereto; and in case the entry sought is not found on the uppermostenvelop the search may be continued 'to the other envelope in turn byturning back the uppermost as shown and described. As each envelop isused up it may be removed from the top of the pile and slipped beneathby releasing the spring clip. The engagement ot' the spring clip withthe open end oi' the envelop prevents displacement or loss of any of thecontents but at the same ltime permits ready access thereto whendesired. When the sale is concluded the duplicate records may be turnedover to the proprietor While the originals are retained by the clerk orleft at a designated bank or other place Where settlement is to be madeby the respective purchasers.

l claim as my invention- An accounting and record device, comprising acollocation of enveleps each having indicia on its face suitablyVarranged to receive entries and memoranda,4 each envelop containing acarbon sheet, second sheet and backing sheet, said insert sheets beingsubstantially shorter than the envelop, and a holding device engagingthe collocation of envelops at these portions not occupied by the insertsheets, ivhcrebythe envelops, relatively stiff in their main portions,are free to flex on transverse lines between said holding device and theinsert sheets.

Signed at Harris, in the county of Osceola and ntate of Iowa, this 8 dayof October, 1918.

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